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Americans in Africa: Why we left America to live in Africa
BBC News 03 Aug 2020photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
IDF strikes Gaza in response to tonight's rocket launch
The Jerusalem Post 03 Aug 2020photo: US DoD / Cpl. Alex Guerra
Special Forces emails about SAS killings in Afghanistan 'deeply troubling', says lawyer
The Independent 02 Aug 2020
Internal Special Forces emails disclosed as part of a High Court case around the deaths of four Afghans shot by the SAS have been described as “deeply troubling” by a lawyer for a relative of the deceased ... Download the new Independent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now ... Shape Created with Sketch. Afghanistan war....
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The US food system is killing Americans
CNN 03 Aug 2020
(CNN)This global pandemic has given a new meaning to the idea of American exceptionalism. The United States is faring far worse than other countries and shoulders a disproportionate share of global disease burden -- with 4% of the global population, yet, at the time of writing, nearly a quarter of global Covid-19 fatalities. Akash Goel ... Sen ... Read More....
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When Should the US Go to War?
Antiwar 03 Aug 2020
The U.S. is the most militarized and warlike nation on earth. Most Americans don’t think of their nation that way. Indeed, stating this fact often generates anger and outrage ... The tally of nations droned, bombed, invaded, and/or occupied, threatened with war by the US, or attacked by other nations aided by America, over the last three decades is long ... ....
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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years
Live Mint 03 Aug 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL . , Fla. (AP) — Two NASA astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown, their capsule parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico to close out an unprecedented test flight by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. It was the first splashdown by U.S ... Both astronauts gave a thumbs-up as they emerged ... Southwest desert ... ....
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Let's go for my third Serie A title: Ronaldo hints at Juventus stay
Yahoo Daily News 03 Aug 2020
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI). Juventus' star striker Cristiano Ronaldo is committed to at least another season with the club as he wants to lift his third Serie A title in Turin ... (ANI). ....
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Syria says US oil firm signed illegal deal with Kurdish rebels to steal oil
Middle East Monitor 02 Aug 2020
Syria’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that a US oil company had signed an agreement with Kurdish-led rebels who control northeastern oilfields in what it described as an illegal deal aimed at “stealing” Syria’s crude, reports Reuters ... The statement did not give details on the agreement ... Sources ... Read....
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Trump calls for new death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
CTV 03 Aug 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump called Sunday for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be re-sentenced to death after an appeals court overturned the death penalty ... ....
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Gaddafi’s prophecy comes true as foreign powers battle for Libya’s oil
The Guardian 02 Aug 2020
A showdown looms in the fight for control of the country – with Africa’s largest oilfields as the prize In August 2011, as Libya’s rebels and Nato jets began an assault on Tripoli, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi delivered a speech calling on his supporters to defend the country from foreign invaders ... This is impossible, impossible ... ....
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The Methuselah tree and the secrets of Earth’s oldest organisms
The Observer 02 Aug 2020
As old-timers go, the Methuselah tree in California’s White Mountains takes some beating. According to research released last week, this ancient bristlecone pine will be 4,851 years old this year. Not a bad performance when it comes to avoiding the Grim Reaper. Nor is the Methuselah on its own in making recent headlines about longevity ... ....
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 18 mn: Johns Hopkins
The Siasat Daily 03 Aug 2020
Washington, Aug 3 . The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 18 million mark, while the deaths were nearing 688,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University ... The US accounted for the world’s highest number of infections and fatalities at 4,665,932 and 154,841, respectively, according to the CSSE ... Source. IANS. Disclaimer....
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Microsoft confirms plans to buy US arm of TikTok after talks with Trump
Indian Express 03 Aug 2020
Microsoft confirmed Sunday it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the US arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed with President Donald Trump his concerns about security and censorship surrounding such an acquisition ... The company said it expects those talks to conclude by Sept. 15 ... operations after their conversation ... ....
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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin shows how to marry during covid
Live Mint 03 Aug 2020
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin married her longtime partner Markus Raikkonen in a small ceremony befitting pandemic times. The couple wed on Saturday with family and their closest friends present, the Finnish government said in a statement on Sunday ... ....
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ soars top slot
Gulf News 03 Aug 2020
Taylor Swift’s fantasy-streaked eighth studio album — recorded in secrecy in quarantine and released on July 24 with only a few hours’ notice — moved the sales-and-streams equivalent of 846,000 copies in the United States in its first week of availability, according to Nielsen Music ... 1 albums, with 11 and nine, respectively ... YouTube Screengrab ... ....
